"Our honor means loyalty" - with this slogan the soldiers of the Waffen-SS go to war in 1939. They think of themselves as more than just soldiers. They are warriors, self-proclaimed elite ...
"In 1944, the division was visited by SS head Heinrich Himmler, who spoke of the soldiers ... war, including some showing him at SS artillery training and at the site of Himmler’s visit. The ...
Stefan Ashton Frank (Narrator)Oskar Gröning (Waffen SS Accountant ... footage of Hitler's SS troops. Describes their indoctrination often when still children, their war crimes, leaders, and ...
A panel to discuss the Waffen SS was quietly cancelled ... upper hand and turn the tide of the war. Some critics point out ...
Based on archival studies done in more than twenty archives in thirteen different countries over a period of five years the book covers the entire history of the Waffen-SS and follows the post-war ...
In one part of the cemetery a small plaque reads: “In everlasting memory of Ukrainian soldiers who rest here in peace ... and the heavy losses inflicted upon the nazi war machine, Waffen SS chief ...
(Paws of War) Soldier Nick Kingsley was about to have lunch at a mess hall in Kosovo where he was stationed when he came across a hungry stray puppy sitting outside. Kingsley, assigned to Eastern ...
Shortly after, public outcry began as it was revealed that Mr. Hunka had been a soldier in the Waffen-SS, a Nazi-led unit during the Second World War. Mr. Rota resigned from his position as ...
In short, the Waffen-SS were crucial agents in Nazi Germany’s most murderous policies. While it is true that non-Germans joined the Waffen-SS, there is no evidence to suggest that non-German Waffen-SS ...
Collections at the Smithsonian contain poignant artwork depicting a soldier's life from around the world. The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum holds many of American artist Winslow Homer's ...
In “Muse of Fire,” Michael Korda depicts the lives and passions of the soldier poets whose verse provided a view into the carnage of World War I ... These early chapters have all the delicious ...
A war memorial has been "badly damaged" following an incident in the early hours of Saturday ... died in combat during World War One. Fallen soldiers from World War Two were later added to ...